Archive for the 'Booze' Category

All Purpose Holiday Cake

Monday, November 3rd, 2008

It’s November, and that means that we’ve undeniably entered the holiday season. In my world that means lots of family, lot of parties and eating a ridiculous, almost painful amount of food. Cocktail parties. Tacky Christmas sweater parties. Surprise guests and…. my oh my… is it too early to be this [...]

Pumpkin Pie Bars

Thursday, October 16th, 2008

Pumpkin is upon us.  
It’s a fact friends.  Deal with it.  
I went a little pumpkin crazy at the store this week.  Something comes over me when the seasons change.  Because I live in a city where the weather insists on staying virtually the same temperature all year round, and the palm trees know nothing [...]

Butterscotch Pudding with Bourbon Whipped Cream and Toffee

Monday, October 6th, 2008

I was trying to come up with some charming childhood anecdote to accompany these butterscotch puddings, when I came to the blunt realization that I didn’t like pudding as a child. In fact, I may have purely despised the stuff. My only exposure to pudding came in the occasional lunch time trade with [...]

Cucumber Raspberry Vodka Sparklers

Friday, August 29th, 2008

I went into this post practically kicking and screaming today.  Let’s be honest-  sometimes the words flow, other times it’s a task just to get myself to sit in the chair long enough to post a few words and photos.  
This whiny, kicking and screaming, can’t-even-stand-myself feeling seems to be a Labor Day holiday signature [...]